Torin
A boys’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning stern; thunder; a form of Torsten.
Torin by the numbers
In 2025, 36 babies in England and Wales were named Torin. In the US, 186 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Torsten
Like Torin, each of these traces back to Torsten: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Torin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Thorinthunder; resembling thor the god150 in the US (2017)
- Tobinson of tubile; descendant of the tubby one96 in the US (2017)
- Torenrocky hill or mountain; a form of Toran9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Torievictory; a diminutive or variant of Victoria or Tory12 in the US (2017)
- Torangateway or passage7 in the US (2017)
- Tyrin40 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Torin
Names that are said the same way as Torin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the wind
Like Torin, each of these has the wind in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Raidenthunder and lightning god; thunder deity815 in the US (2017)
- Raydenthunder and lightning god; a modern spelling of Raiden394 in the US (2017)
- Keanucool breeze over the mountains40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zephyrwest wind; god of the west wind166 in the US (2017)
- Stormtempest or violent wind163 in the US (2017)
- Rudrathe roarer; hindu storm god66 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Torin
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